Car-fender.



E. E. GAMAGHE.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION IILBD JULY 8, 1912.

1,094,387. Patented Apr. 21, 19m

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E. E. GAMAGHE.

GAR FENDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 8, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTGE.

EDWARD E. GAIVIACHE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH TOJOSEPH K. ROY AND ONE-FIFTH 'I'O WILLIAM MONAMEE, BOTH OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI.

CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD E. GAMAoHE, acitizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Fenders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car fenders and has for itsobject a scoop member located in advance of the truck, a mechanism bywhich the same is tripped by contact with the front fender or suspensionframe and a means for placing'the scoop in a normal position.

A further object of my invention is to construct a fender which willoperate when-an object contacts therewith, the sides of the scoopportion automatically projecting beyond the track so as to prevent theobject from contacting with the wheels of the truck, and a levermechanism by which the fender is placed in its normal closed positionafter the same has been tripped.

A further object is to construct a fender with a guard attached to theend of the car body, a scoop member located beneath the body and inadvance of the truck, the sides of said scoop member projectingoutwardly at a width greater than the truck or car body, the same to betripped when contacting with an object and a lever mechanism by whichthe fender is raised to its normal position.

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a portion of a car body showing myinvention in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectionalview ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a portion of theplatform showing the mechanism by which the fender can be operated bythe manipula- Fig. 4; is a detail perspective view of one of the wingscarried by the scoop portion of the fender. Fig. 5 is a detail sectionalview of the hinge mechanism by which the suspension frame is supported.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 6 indicates an ordinary carplatform, 7 the body thereof and 8 the truck. On the dash 9 of the carplatform is suspended the guard 10 which is constructed of strips ofmaterial and is held in position by means of the hooks 11 supported inthe sockets 12; this guard is so arranged as to be readily removablefrom its position and is of such resilient material as to givesufficiently when brought 1 1n contact with an object. The lower end 1'of the guard is provided with a cross bar 1 13 and to which and thebottom forward end .14: are attached bars 15, their free ends j formedin the shape of hooks 16, which have 1 bearings in suspension brackets17 suspended from the bottom of the car platform. 1 On the bars 15 andlocated between the cross bar 13 and the brackets 17 are springs 18, theI normal tension of which is to keep the hook j 16 in contact with thesuspension brackets and said springs in addition return the guard to itsnormal position after having been slightly depressed by contact with anobject.

Slightly in advance of the hook 16 is a suspension frame 19; this frameis of the enl tire width of the platform and is hingedly suspended tothe brackets 20 attached to the under side of the platform, the centralportion of the suspension frame being provided with a projection 21which is arranged and designed to come in contact with a trip bar 22located beneath the platform and controlling the movement of the scoopmember 23.

The scoop member 23 consists of a main portion 21 made preferably of askeleton nature and is hinged at the point indicated by the numeral 25to a rigid back 26; this back is firmly attached to the under side ofthe platform, and to the under side and approximately central of themain portion is a lever 27, this lever being bent upwardly as shown andpivoted at the point indicated by the numeral 28 to the trip bar 22 (seeFig. 2). On each end of the main portion is pivotally mounted a wing 29;these 1 wings are pivoted to the main portion at the points indicated bythe numeral 30 and to the upturned side portions 31 on each wing isrigidly attached a lever 32; the free ends of these levers are connectedto connecting rods 83 which in turn are connected to hell crank levers34: which are pivoted to the under side of the platform, and to theshort arms of the bell crank levers are connected links 35, the oppositeends of which are attached to the trip bar 22.

The trip bar 22 is controlled by springs 36, which springs have atendency to operate the scoop member simultaneously with the wingswhenever an object contacts with the guard or suspension frame. Theextended position of the scoop member when the same has been tripped isclearly shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

Beneath the platform and supported in hangers 37 is a foot lever 88, thesame being provided with a pedal 89 with which the foot is brought incontact, the opposite end of the lever communicating with the under sideof the trip bar, its tendency being to raise the trip bar and thusrelease the notch d0 from the tooth 41 formed on the hanger guard 12which is secured to the underside of the platform.

On the platform and in close proximity to the dash is a hand lever 43which is pivoted at the point 14 to a bracket 45, the bottom end havinga pawl 46 which is capable of being brought in contact with the notch 17formed in the trip bar, whenever it is desired to raise the scoop memberto its normal position, and this pawl is controlled by the grip lever#18.

The wings in their outward movement are guided in the curved slots toformed in the main portion of the scoop member and the movement islimited so as to bring the edges 50 in alinement with the edge 51 of themain portion. The bottom contacting edge of the main portion and thewings are provided at intervals with rounded shoes 52 which permit thescoop together with the wings to freely ride over irregular surfaces onthe track or road bed.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The guard is suspended inposition on the dash and the rods 15 inserted into the hanger 17. Thehand lever 413 is manipulated to elevate the scoop member to a raisedposition as shown by solid lines in Fig. 2. In the event that an objectcontacts with the guard, the hooked ends of the rods 15 will contactwith the suspension frame, tilting the same rearwardly, whichautomatically releases the trip bar from the tooth 4:1 by means of theprojection 21 of the suspension frame contacting therewith; immediatelyafter the notch has been released from the tooth the springs 36 pullupon the trip bar, which throws the scoop member downwardly, as shown bydotted lines in Fig. 2 simultaneously operating the bell crank leversand the connecting rods and throwing the wings outwardly, as shown bydotted lines in Fig. 1. After the mechanism has been tripped theoperator of the car can raise the same back to its normal position bymeans of the hand lever 48. The mechanism can also be tripped by theoperator placing his foot upon the pedal 89, which will release the tripbar from its locked position, throwing the scoop member clownwardly, aspreviously described. Should an object pass beneath the guard withoutoperating the mechanism, the scoop member will be manipulated by meansof the object contacting with the suspension frame; in this manner itwill be an absolute impossibility for an object coming in contact withthe wheels of the truck, and should the object be in such a position asto be located near the side of the car, the projecting wings will guardthe object from coming in contact with the truck.

Having fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. A car fender comprising a guard, rods carried thereby, a suspensionframe hingedly suspended beneath the platform and against which saidrods are adapted to contact, a scoop member suspended beneath the carbody and in advance of the truck, a trip bar controlling the same andadapted to be operated by the said suspension frame, wings pivotallymounted on the scoop member, a lever mechanism for operating the wingsand projecting the same outwardly automatically with the downwardmovement of the scoop member, the said trip bar being releasable fromits locked position either by the foot or by contact with an object anda lever for placing the scoop member and the wings back in their normalpositions.

2. A car fender comprising a detachable guard suspended from the dash ofthe car, a suspension frame located beneath the platform and hingedlymounted, a scoop member suspended beneath the car body and hingedlymounted, a trip bar controlling the movement of the scoop member andreleasable by the movement of the suspension frame, wings carried by thescoop member, a lever mechanism operated by the trip bar forautomatically projecting the wings outwardly with the downward movementof the scoop member, a foot operating lever by which the trip bar may bereleased and a hand lever for raising the scoop member to its normalposition for locking the trip bar, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDVVAR-D E. GAMACHE. lVitnesses VVM. MoNAMEn, ALFRED A. EIGKS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

